Julianna

Meaning: Possibly downy-bearded, or devoted to Jove
Origin: Latin — Variant of Juliana, or a combination of Julie and Anna

Girl's name · #398 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Julianna's best rank, #176, came in 2010; it has settled back to #398 today. Roughly 52,000 girls have been named Julianna since 1900.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 40 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#160 in Poland (2025) · #653 in Canada (2025) · #1,289 in Belgium (2025) · #1,363 in France (2025) · #2,048 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,138 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,730 in Austria (2025) · #14,423 in Italy (2024) · #2,228 in Sweden (2024) · #239 in Puerto Rico (2020) · #716 in Ireland (2019) · #345 in Slovakia (2013) and 3 more.

Famous Juliannas

Julianna Margulies — American actress (born 1966)
Julianna Peña — American mixed martial artist (born 1989)
Julianna Guill — American actress (born 1987)
Julianna Rose Mauriello — American former actress and dancer (born 1991)
Julianna McCarthy — American actress (born 1929)

In stories & tradition

Julianna Cox — Fictional chief medical examiner in the TV show Homicide: Life on the Street
Julianna Blake — Deathloop (video game)

What Juliannas become

Among 106 notable people named Julianna:

Entertainers appear 2.13× more often than among typical names — e.g. Julianna Margulies, American actress (born 1966).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Juliana (#256), Julianna would rank around #148 with about 2,000 births last year — the newborns split about 61/39 between Juliana and Julianna.

Similar names: Juliana · Alivia · Juliet · Lilliana · Londyn · Aviana

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